Parent Rights

Annual Notification Summary of Parents or Guardians Rights

Education Code (EC) §§ 48980 et seq. requires school districts to notify parents or guardians of their rights and responsibilities at the beginning of the first semester of each academic year. As new Education Code sections are enacted, some contain requirements that their content be included with the annual letter to parents. We have updated the summary of the sections our research indicates are required to be included in the 2019-20 annual notice. A list of the materials included follows.

Additionally, Education Code § 48982 requires that parents or guardians sign and submit to the district an acknowledgement of receipt of the notice. This is part of the District's online registration process. Keep in mind that the signature is only an acknowledgment of the receipt of the notification and that they have been informed of their rights. The signature does not signify consent to any of the activities, or the withholding of consent.

Under EC 48985, if 15 percent or more of the students enrolled in a school speak a single primary language other than English, all notices and reports sent to the parent or guardian of any such student must be written in English, and the primary language, and may be answered by the parent or guardian in either language.